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goals to the troopers and enhancing their living conditions. Under him the French armed forces took an interest in the triumphant hostile of 1918, drove by Marshal Ferdinand Foch, generalissimo of the Allied armed forces. Pétain was made a marshal of France in November 1918 and was along these lines designated to the most noteworthy military workplaces (VP of the Supreme War Council and controller general of the armed force). Taking after the German assault of May 1940 in World War II, Paul Reynaud

result of a long struggle by the slaves in the French colony of St. Dominique, but was also propelled by the free Mulattos who had long faced problems of being second-class citizens. They initiated the rebellion in 1791 and by 1803 they had accomplished ending slavery, and French control over the colony. However, the Haitian Revolution was way more complex, consisting of many revolutions going on at the same time. They were all influence by the French revolution of 1789, which represented a whole

food or produce it on their own time. When producing sugar, they had to extract the juice from crushing machines, which then would be boiled. This took many hours to do and it was done in very warm temperatures. They also faced severe punishments by French masters. They were whipped, branded, and their ears were even cut off for running away or disobeying orders. While there was debate over slavery in France during the 1780s and 1790s, slaves heard of a revolt by Vincent Oge. He had come

Clemenceau helped the French through the trying times of World War I through his quality of being patriotic and showing his vigorous support for his countries well being. First, Clemenceau was highly acquainted with French life and its people. During the War Clemenceau addressed, “Everything for France bleeding in its glory. The hour has come to be French and simply French, with the pride to say that suffices”, said Clemenceau (Cohen 61). The upmost important factor for Clemenceau was nationalistic

The Liberation of Paris Since the early morning of 25 June 1940, France was under the control of Nazi Germany. Although some of the French people attempted to resist, either secretly or publicly, liberation would not arrive until 23 August 1944. These brave men and women certainly helped to liberate their homeland, but what ultimately allowed the Allied forces to rescue the “City of Lights”? With the Battle of Normandy reaching its climax, Hitler formulated a plan to convert Paris into “a great

After the signing of the armistice in June of 1940, France was divided into two zones: the occupied zone in the North (controlled by the German) and the free zone in the South (controlled by the Vichy regime) separated by a demarcation. After his meeting with Hitler, Pétain decided to engage France in a politic of cooperation. From 1940 to 1945, women and men from all backgrounds joined the Resistance because they refused to submit to the German soldiers occupying France, as well as the Vichy government

Hitler had his armies go for France. The Battle of France began in May 10, 1940 to June 25. 1940 but was officially ended on June 22 with a treaty that split France North and South with the Northern part under control by the Germans. France would not be free from the Nazi regime until most of it was liberated by the allies by the Summer of 1944. The world was still deeply affected by the Great War but none more than Germany. Germany became impoverished and owed many of the winning countries of the Great

of 1936; together they introduced the idea of “40-hour work week and two weeks paid vacation.” (Unknown, http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/france/france19291939ec.html) At a time when other European countries were falling or being cut all together, French wages rose until internal dissention set in and the Popular Front fell. The melding of conservative, socialist, and communist elements of the government was paramount to rebounding from the sluggish economy, which operated under a corporatist, state

support from Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand from Spain to find an alternate route to India. However, Columbus landed in the Bahamas and believed that the Natives on the land were Indians. After Columbus’ journey to the New World, the Spanish, the French, the Dutch, and the English began their conquest and exploration of the New World to spread their culture, gain wealth, and spread t heir religion. Additionally, the importation of slaves from Africa increased wealth and goods for each European country

the Haitian slave rebellion. The different groups of non-whites recognized the inequality, though on different scales for each class, and revolted against the French for enforcing these inequalities. With the collaboration of Affranchis (freed slaves) and African slaves, the Haitian Revolution transpired, leading to the rebellion against French colonial rule, and thus an anti-slavery nation led by non-whites.     As described by Michael A. Gomez in “Reversing Sail”, the conditions of slavery in Haiti